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Seventh heaven -- World Film Festival of Bangkok now showing!
Ten days of indie films and thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe. Bring it on
Thai flick "Mundane History" opens the World Film Festival, which runs from November 6-15.The 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok, dubbed “Film Lover’s Heaven,” opens Friday at Paragon Cineplex. Right about now you might be asking: “Didn’t we just have an international film festival back in September?”
True, but this one’s different. Featuring over 100 non-mainstream movies lumped into nine different categories like “Asian Contemporary,” “Doc Feast,” and “Guts Nouveau,” the World Film Festival features an awesome selection of some of the year’s best indie films and thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe.
That’s a big line-up of films for a festival that only runs from November 6 to 15, so The Nation has published a list of 10 films the festival programmer doesn't want to miss. Film blogger Wise Kwai also has a great summary of the festival highlights on his site.
But there really is something for everybody, from a documentary on the “Roots of Reggae” to Portuguese drama “To Die Like a Man,” about a veteran transsexual star in Lisbon's drag shows.
The film festival site allows viewers to search according to section or date and offers full details on every single film being shown. Or, click here to download the full sked.
Thai film “Jao Nok Krajok” (Mundane History), coming off a successful run through several world film festivals, will open the World Film Festival of Bangkok Friday night.
True, but this one’s different. Featuring over 100 non-mainstream movies lumped into nine different categories like “Asian Contemporary,” “Doc Feast,” and “Guts Nouveau,” the World Film Festival features an awesome selection of some of the year’s best indie films and thought-provoking documentaries from around the globe.
That’s a big line-up of films for a festival that only runs from November 6 to 15, so The Nation has published a list of 10 films the festival programmer doesn't want to miss. Film blogger Wise Kwai also has a great summary of the festival highlights on his site.
But there really is something for everybody, from a documentary on the “Roots of Reggae” to Portuguese drama “To Die Like a Man,” about a veteran transsexual star in Lisbon's drag shows.
The film festival site allows viewers to search according to section or date and offers full details on every single film being shown. Or, click here to download the full sked.
Thai film “Jao Nok Krajok” (Mundane History), coming off a successful run through several world film festivals, will open the World Film Festival of Bangkok Friday night.
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